When Chris and I bought my very first new car in 2003, we started out with a delightful salesman. He was a young Nigerian guy, and he was kind, helpful, and not at all pushy. We’d talked trades, we’d picked out the one we wanted (a beautiful sage green Honda Civic), and right as we […]
The Art of Discernment.
My Dearest Blog Readers, I just wanted to let you know that I am looking out for you. It’s not in my nature to hound you with advertisements, beat you over the head with product placement, or barrage you overly-unrequested opinions. And even when I do come across products and companies that I do find […]
Zulily: The Burning Questions.
I do love me some Zulily. Half of Ali’s summer wardrobe, including her Easter dress, arrived via Zulily. Every morning, I fit it into my routine to peek around at the day’s sales before my miniature tenants wake up. Besides the benefit of getting to shop the best deals for both me and the kids, […]
A Serendipitous Friendship.
We live in a metropolitan area with over one million other people. And yet, somehow, Ali and her inseparably best-friend-since-birth, AJ, have always looked oddly similar. ; Bizarre, no? Over the past couple of years, I thought that they had grown out of their identical phase – Ashley (AJ’s Mom) and I get significantly less […]
Indefatigable.
I learned that word from the Academy Awards last night. From an acceptance speech, no less. Clearly, I had to look it up immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in·de·fat·i·ga·ble [in-di-fat-i-guh-buhl] ; adjective incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring. Synonyms: tireless, inexhaustible, persevering. Origin: 1580–90; < Latin indēfatīgābilis untiring, equivalent to in- in-3 + dēfatīgā […]
Sleepwalking is a Genetic Disorder.
I would like to take a moment to thank my new video monitor for convincing me that Noah will never be allowed to move out of his crib. …and yes, he was asleep for almost all of that. Heaven help his wife.
CreepyHappy.
I have come to a life-changing realization. Life-CHANGING, I tell you. I now know what my favorite movie genre is. CreepyHappy. (As opposed to my blog post yesterday, which was just CreepyCreepy.) (Sorry about that.) (Also, sorry about the misunderstandings as to which parts were real and which parts only happened in my head.) (Hopefully […]
A Culmination of Sweet, Sweet Justice.
Chris and I went to Atlanta last weekend. I had a couple of Vault parties in The Big City, and he tagged along to make it a date weekend. Friday night, we went out to eat at Taverna Plaka with Chris’ former roommate and Roommate’s Girlfriend. If you’ve been hanging around here for a while, […]
Zulily. Really??
The Zulily iPhone App is the most dangerous thing I’ve ever installed on my phone. I was a latecomer to the wonderful world of Zulily, mainly because I was too lazy to actually go to their website. But somehow I managed to stumble across the iPhone app, and here I am. A complete Zulily addict. […]
Awkwardly Intense Busybody Club: Mall Task Force.
The mall becomes a dangerous place during the Christmas holidays. …Busy shoppers crowd the walkways, sending claustrophobics gasping for a tiny piece of fresh, un-fouled by Chinese-Mall-Food-Breath. …Indoor fake snow causes small children to slip and fall and break their precious limbs. …Kiosk Predators get desperate to sell their unwanted merchandise and begin shooting their […]